The First Android Smartphone
Time: Tuesday Sep 23, 2008
Place: U.S.
Details: By 2008, both Nokia and BlackBerry announced touch-based smartphones to rival the iPhone 3G, and Android's focus eventually switched to just touchscreens. The first commercially available smartphone running Android was the HTC Dream, also known as T-Mobile G1, announced on September 23, 2008.
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Joe Biden-Senate Judiciary Committee
1987 - U.S.
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IKEA-IKEA Home Stuff
Tuesday Jun 24, 2008 - North America
Frank Sinatra-The Major Bowes Amateur Hour
Sunday Sep 8, 1935 - U.S.
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Sunday Sep 23, 1551 - Malta
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Dwight D. Eisenhower-David and Ida married
Wednesday Sep 23, 1885 - Lecompton, Kansas, U.S.
Ruhollah Khomeini-Birth
Tuesday Sep 23, 1902 - Khomeyn, Markazi Province, Iran
Igor Stravinsky-Their Second Son Was born
Friday Sep 23, 1910 - Lausanne, Switzerland
World War II-Japan invaded northern Indochina
Monday Sep 23, 1940 - Indochina (Present Day Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos)
First Indochina War-French forces overthrew the local DRV government
Sunday Sep 23, 1945 - Vietnam
Richard Nixon-The Checkers Speech
Tuesday Sep 23, 1952 - El Capitan Theatre, Los Angeles, California, U.S
Francisco Franco-Pact of Madrid
Wednesday Sep 23, 1953 - Madrid, Spain
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Pact of Madrid
Wednesday Sep 23, 1953 - Madrid, Spain
Algerian War-A Courier for Yacef was arrested
Monday Sep 23, 1957 - Algeria
Iran–Iraq War-Operation Kaman 99
Tuesday Sep 23, 1980 - Iraqi
Bob Marley-Marley's Last Concert
Tuesday Sep 23, 1980 - The Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Bernard Arnault-Marry Again
Monday Sep 23, 1991 - France
Jim Carrey-2nd Marriage
Monday Sep 23, 1996 - U.S.
Kosovo War-The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1199
Wednesday Sep 23, 1998 - Kosovo
Vodafone-Partnership in Cameroon
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Kroger-Random fire hit on Kroger location
Thursday Sep 23, 2021 - Collierville, Tennessee, United States
Roman Republic-Caesar Augustus (The first phase of the Roman Empire)
Thursday Sep 23, 27 BC - Roman Republic (Present-Day Rome, Italy)
Giovanni Maria Bononcini Birth
Tuesday Sep 23, 1642 - Modena
September 2008
Marvel Studios-Paramount added to its domestic film distribution contract 5 additional Marvel movies' foreign distribution
Sep, 2008 - U.S.
Best Buy-Best Buy became the first third-party retail seller of Apple's iPhone
Sep, 2008 - U.S.
Financial crisis of 2007–2008-Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were taken over by the federal government
Sunday Sep 7, 2008 - U.S.
September 11 (9/11) Attacks-The Pentagon Memorial
Thursday Sep 11, 2008 - The Pentagon Memorial in Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
Financial crisis of 2007–2008-Lehman Brothers went bankrupt after the Federal Reserve declined to guarantee its loans
Monday Sep 15, 2008 - U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-DJIA loses more than 500 points
Monday Sep 15, 2008 - New York, U.S.
Financial crisis of 2007–2008-The Federal Reserve took over American International Group
Tuesday Sep 16, 2008 - U.S.
Financial crisis of 2007–2008-Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley converted themselves from investment banks to bank holding companies to increase their protection by the Federal Reserve
Sunday Sep 21, 2008 - U.S.
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Sep, 2008 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Financial crisis of 2007–2008-Washington Mutual went bankrupt after a bank run
Friday Sep 26, 2008 - U.S.
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Sep, 2008 - Spain
Financial crisis of 2007–2008-The House of Representatives rejected the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 instituting the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program
Monday Sep 29, 2008 - U.S.
2008
Kaká-2007 Serie A Footballer of the Year
Jan, 2008 - Milan, Italy
Zlatan Ibrahimović-Serie A Footballer of the Year
2008 - Milan, Lombardy, Italy
HTC-The HTC Dream
2008 - Taoyuan City, Taiwan
HTC-First WiMAX supported phone
2008 - Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Warren Buffett-The Richest Man in the World
2008 - U.S.
Nike, Inc.-Nike acquired Umbro
2008 - Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England
Ciro Immobile-First contract
2008 - Turin, Italy
Nike, Inc.-Nike became The First Company To Receive Cannes advertising Award Twice
2008 - Cannes, France
Banking Frauds and Hacks-Societe generals
2008 - Paris, France
Nike, Inc.-Nike sold Bauer Hockey
2008 - Exeter, New Hampshire, U.S.
Nike, Inc.-Nike Introduced The Air Jordan XX3
2008 - U.S.
Joe Biden-Post-election transition
2008 - U.S.
Joe Biden-2008 Vice Presidential campaign
2008 - U.S.
Marvel Studios-Marvel Animation was incorporated to direct Marvel's efforts in animation and home entertainment markets
Jan, 2008 - U.S.
Microprocessor-About 10 Billion CPUs Were Manufactured
2008 - U.S.
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers-A Criminal Complaint
2008 - France
Marc Patrick O'Leary: Washington and Colorado Serial Rapist (Unbelievable)-Marie
2008 - Lynnwood, Washington, U.S.
Jacinda Ardern-International Union of Socialist Youth
2008 - Vienna, Austria
Banking Frauds and Hacks-Heartland Payment System
2008 - Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S.
Bernard Arnault-Princess Yachts
2008 - Plymouth, England, U.K.
Google LLC-Google announced Its "Project 10100"
2008 - Mountain View, California, U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-33 games for the Miami Heat in the 2007–08 season
2008 - Miami, Florida, U.S.
Colombian conflict-The Results of a Mitochondrial DNA Test For Emmanuel
Friday Jan 4, 2008 - Colombia
Richard Branson-Virgin Healthcare announced that it would open a chain of health care clinics
Thursday Jan 10, 2008 - United Kingdom
Colombian conflict-FARC released Rojas and Gonzalez
Thursday Jan 10, 2008 - Colombia
Disasters with highest death tolls-2008 Afghanistan Blizzard
Thursday Jan 10, 2008 - Afghanistan
Bank of America-Bank of America announced that it would buy Countrywide Financial
Friday Jan 11, 2008 - U.S.
Colombian conflict-Hugo Chávez stated his disapproval with The FARC Strategy
Sunday Jan 13, 2008 - Caracas, Venezuela
Muhammad Yunus-Muhammad Yunus Day
Monday Jan 14, 2008 - Houston, Texas, U.S.
Qasem Soleimani-Soleimani looking into the death of Imad Mughniyah
2008 - Syria
Francesco Totti-200th goal for Roma
Wednesday Jan 16, 2008 - Rome, Italy
Bank of America-Doubled interest rate
Jan, 2008 - U.S.
Angelina Jolie-Worthy
2008 - United States
Diego Maradona-Coach Alfio Basile resigned
2008 - Argentina
Colombian conflict-FARC released four political hostages "as a gesture of goodwill" toward Chávez
Feb, 2008 - Colombia
Best Buy-Best Buy opened its first store in San Juan
Feb, 2008 - San Juan, Puerto Rico
Shaquille O'Neal-The Phoenix Suns acquired O'Neal
Feb, 2008 - Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Virat Kohli-2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
Feb, 2008 - Malaysia
Xanana Gusmão-The Assassination attempt
Monday Feb 11, 2008 - Timor-Leste
Russian Invasion of Ukraine-Obvious threats
Tuesday Feb 12, 2008 - Russia
Johan Cruyff-The New Technical director at his boyhood club Ajax
Wednesday Feb 20, 2008 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal made his Suns debut
Wednesday Feb 20, 2008 - Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Raúl Castro-16th President of Cuba
Sunday Feb 24, 2008 - Havana, Cuba
Fidel Castro-Retirement
Sunday Feb 24, 2008 - Havana, Cuba
Visa Inc.-Visa announced it would go ahead with an IPO of half its shares
Monday Feb 25, 2008 - U.S.
Nancy Pelosi-Pelosi was named Permanent Chair
2008 - Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Microsoft-EU Imposed Fine
Wednesday Feb 27, 2008 - Brussels, Belgium
Kaká-A Contract extension
Friday Feb 29, 2008 - Milan, Italy
Colombian conflict-The Military Operation in Ecuador on a FARC Position
Saturday Mar 1, 2008 - Ecuador
John Maynard Keynes-The death of the dream of global free-market capitalism
Mar, 2008 - U.S.
Colombian conflict-Killing Iván Ríos
Monday Mar 3, 2008 - Caldas, Colombia
Carlos Slim-The World's Second-Richest Person 2008
Wednesday Mar 5, 2008 - U.S.
Atari, Inc.-Infogrames acquisition
Thursday Mar 6, 2008 - New York, U.S.
iOS-IPhone SDK
Thursday Mar 6, 2008 - Cupertino, California, U.S.
Margaret Thatcher-Collapsing at a House of Lords dinner
Friday Mar 7, 2008 - London, England
Francesco Totti-500th overall appearance for Roma
Sunday Mar 9, 2008 - Rome, Italy
Bank of America-Federal Bureau of Investigation report
Mar, 2008 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Qasem Soleimani-Soleimani helped arrange a ceasefire
Mar, 2008 - Iraq
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Jimmy Hoffa-Barbara Retired as an Associate Circuit Judge
Mar, 2008 - St. Louis County, Missouri, U.S.
Financial crisis of 2007–2008-The Federal Reserve guaranteed Bear Stearns' bad loans to facilitate its acquisition by JPMorgan Chase
Monday Mar 17, 2008 - U.S.
Mona Lisa-Research in 2008
2008 - Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
Galileo Galilei-Nicola Cabibbo announced a plan to honor Galileo by erecting a statue of him inside the Vatican walls
Mar, 2008 - Vatican City
Visa Inc.-Visa sold 406 million shares at US$44 per share ($2 above the high end of the expected $37–42 pricing range), raising US$17.9 billion in the largest initial public offering in U.S. history
Tuesday Mar 18, 2008 - U.S.
Visa Inc.-the IPO underwriters exercised their overallotment option
Thursday Mar 20, 2008 - U.S.
Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth attended the first Maundy service
Thursday Mar 20, 2008 - Dublin, Ireland
Visa Inc.-Honor All Cards
Wednesday Mar 26, 2008 - Europe
Dwayne Johnson-Non-Wrestling Appearances
Saturday Mar 29, 2008 - U.S.
KFC-First in Cambodia
Apr, 2008 - Phnom Penh, Cambodia
YouTube-YouTube consumed as much bandwidth as the entire Internet in 2000
Monday Apr 7, 2008 - London, England, United Kingdom
Black Friday-Several major Canadian retailers ran Black Friday deals of their own to discourage shoppers from leaving Canada
2008 - Canada
Prince William-William deployment
Thursday Apr 10, 2008 - Afghanistan
Prince Harry-The Lieutenant
Sunday Apr 13, 2008 - England
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip was admitted to King Edward VII's Hospital
Apr, 2008 - England, United Kingdom
Francesco Totti-Season-ending injury
Saturday Apr 19, 2008 - Italy
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-Accra Conference
Monday Apr 21, 2008 - Accra, Ghana
Nike, Inc.-Nike's Campaign at The Earth Day 2008
Tuesday Apr 22, 2008 - U.S.
Best Buy-U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fined the company $280,000
Saturday Apr 26, 2008 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Disasters with highest death tolls-Cyclone Nargis
Sunday Apr 27, 2008 - Myanmar
Huawei-Establishing a Technology research facility in Sydney
May, 2008 - Sydney, Australia
Colombian conflict-Extraditing the Jailed paramilitary leaders to the United States
May, 2008 - U.S.
Leaning Tower of Pisa-The Tower stopped moving for the first time in its History
2008 - Pisa, Italy
Bank of America-LaSalle Bank and LaSalle Bank Midwest branches adopted the Bank of America
Monday May 5, 2008 - U.S.
Vladimir Putin-Second premiership
Thursday May 8, 2008 - Moscow, Russia
Vodafone-Vodafone in Chile
Sunday May 11, 2008 - Santiago, Chile
Disasters with highest death tolls-2008 Sichuan Earthquake
Monday May 12, 2008 at 02:28:00 PM - Chengdu, China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Tremors in Vietnam
Monday May 12, 2008 - Vitnam
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Russia
Monday May 12, 2008 - Tuva, Russia
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Start of rescue operations
Monday May 12, 2008 - China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Unaccepted offer
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Beijing accepted the aid of the Tzu Chi Foundation from Taiwan
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - Beijing, China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Ministry of Civil Affairs stated that 10.7 billion yuan had been donated by the Chinese public
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-15 Special Operations Troops parachuted into inaccessible Mao County
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - Mao County, Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-UNICEF reported that China formally requested the support of the international community to respond to the needs of affected families
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - New York City, New York, U.S.
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Largest non-combat airlifting operation in People's Liberation Army history
Friday May 16, 2008 - China
Angelina Jolie-Kung Fu Panda
Thursday May 15, 2008 - United States
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Rescue groups from several countries
Friday May 16, 2008 - China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-China stated it had also received $457 million in donated money and goods for rescue efforts
Friday May 16, 2008 - China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Praising
Saturday May 17, 2008 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
2008 Sichuan earthquake-The Giving of Love
Sunday May 18, 2008 - Beijing, China